Mebane man faces gun, larceny charges

GRAHAM — Alamance County Sheriff’s investigators say they have a solved a firearm larceny case and a Mebane man faces several charges.

James Glenn Jones, 28, of 201 S. Tenth St. in Mebane is charged with two counts of possession of a weapon by a felon, obtaining property by false pretense and larceny of a firearm.

Deputies began investigating the larceny earlier this month. Jones was identified as a suspect and, after an “intensive investigation” was charged on June 21.

“The suspect allegedly sold the stolen firearm (as his own) to a third party,” sheriff’s spokesman Randy Jones said Friday. “In addition he was allegedly found in possession of a second firearm by the initial victim.”

Jones was placed in the Alamance County jail under a $140,000 secured bond.